Debbie formed in the Coral Sea late last week and slammed into the Whitsunday Islands (just off Airlie, Queensland) Tuesday. Wind gusts of up to 163 mph were recorded on Hamilton Island with a 10-minute sustained wind of 119 mph. The system was equivalent to a Category 4 when it made landfall. An unofficial mainland wind gust of 153 mph was […]
It’s been a record warm winter from Galveston to Miami and a lot of this is down to the average skin temperature over the entire Gulf of Mexico failing to drop below 73 degrees. This added fuel is likely to enhance the severe weather season which is cranking now and potentially later, any tropical cyclones. Current SST anomaly. […]
It’s not all doom and gloom with the advance Atlantic weather moving back into the UK tomorrow on onwards. A predominantly flat or westerly flow within a +AO/NAO setup typically means surges of early summer followed by a reluctance for old man winter to hand in the towel. As fronts gather and take aim at particularly western and […]
By Linda Lam Mar 27 2017 08:00 AM EDT weather.com A subtropical storm could develop in the Atlantic Ocean this week – something that has only occurred once before in March since the pre-Civil War era. This potential system is associated with an area of low pressure that has developed well north of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, […]
What a difference 5 or 6 days in March can make! Last Monday! Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Following a truly glorious spring weekend, Monday into Tuesday sees a breakdown as the HP core continues to slide east deflating heights over the UK which allows cloud cover to increase. Check out these stunning visible satellite images captured by NASA […]
This weekend, UK sits beneath a classic spring ridge of high pressure. This entails day after day of much the same weather. Clear skies by night mean rural if not town frosts but those clear skies by day mean lot’s of bright sunshine and warmth. These strong anticyclones which park directly over the UK during late […]
Saranac Lake (technically Lake Clear), tucked deep within northern New York’s Adirondack Mountains is not only famous for it’s beauty but it’s cold too. With it’s high elevation within a snow covered ‘bowl-like’ valley, cold air drains into this location from the surrounding slopes and so often, when conditions are perfect, Saranac Lake is New York’s coldest spot and during arctic outbreaks, even the nations cold spot. Thursday morning […]
Recent Comments